Originally Posted by
henra
Hmm, dunno. That success was rather due to the Syrian Army plus no RoE by the Russian militias. Obviously by killing everyone who looks remotely like an enemy you can 'win' a war where the allied regular Syrian Troops were much better equipped already than the opposition. IS has been mostly eliminated by the US and the Kurds. The Russian Forces rather manged to decimate the other Syrian opposition forces. I wouldn't really consider this as a shining example.
Hmmm, OK, maybe Syria is a good outlook when it comes to the question what Ukranian Hospitals will be facing.
No offence to the Syrians, have been there half a dozen times at least in the last 5 years and have Syrian friends. They are nice people but when it comes to fighting it's just not their thing. They are great when it comes to loading your weapons, cooking your food, helping you however they can, but when it comes to fighting they empty their clip "in the general direction of the enemy" and say "mafi" (nothing) and slowly withdraw. Can't say that about them all, but that's the general picture.
As for the US, well the US is the main reason ISIS even started to exist from the start. As for their "help" in Syria, lets just say there would be much less casualties, ruin to the economy if they just stayed out. I hope it is just due to US incompetence (and not actual intention), but most of that assistance one way or another it got into the hands of ISIS.